WoRMS taxon details
Cocculina superba A. H. Clarke, 1960
532644 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:532644)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Clarke, A. H., Jr. (1960). A giant ultra-abyssal <i>Cocculina</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Argentine Basin. <em>Natural History Papers, National Museum of Canada.</em> 7: 1-4. [details]
Note Argentine Basin, about 800 miles east of...
From editor or global species database
Type locality Argentine Basin, about 800 miles east of Deseado, Argentina, 47°57.5'S, 48°03'W, 6097 m [Vema st. 210] [details]
Taxonomy Suggested as a possible member of family Lepetidae by McLean & Harasewych (1995)
Taxonomy Suggested as a possible member of family Lepetidae by McLean & Harasewych (1995) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cocculina superba A. H. Clarke, 1960. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532644 on 2025-03-31
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Nomenclature
original description
Clarke, A. H., Jr. (1960). A giant ultra-abyssal <i>Cocculina</i> (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Argentine Basin. <em>Natural History Papers, National Museum of Canada.</em> 7: 1-4. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source McLean J.H. & Harasewych M.G. (1995). Review of Western Atlantic species of Cocculinid and Pseudococculinid limpets, with descriptions of new species (Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia). <i>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science</i>, 453: 1-33, available online at http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS453.pdf
page(s): 32 [details]
additional source McLean J.H. & Harasewych M.G. (1995). Review of Western Atlantic species of Cocculinid and Pseudococculinid limpets, with descriptions of new species (Gastropoda: Cocculiniformia). <i>Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Contributions in Science</i>, 453: 1-33, available online at http://www.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS453.pdf
page(s): 32 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Suggested as a possible member of family Lepetidae by McLean & Harasewych (1995) [details]Type locality Argentine Basin, about 800 miles east of Deseado, Argentina, 47°57.5'S, 48°03'W, 6097 m [Vema st. 210] [details]
